María Ríos

The president and CEO of Nation Waste Inc (NWI), the first multi-million dollar Hispanic-owned waste disposal company in US history and one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the state of Texas. She was recently honored at the Smithsonian American History Museum. Currently, her company is pursuing the implementation of the circular economy, involving biomass solid waste, electric power and water purification in the United States, Mexico, Central and South America. In 2022, she began developing productive projects in El Salvador, after receiving the necessary tax registration from the Ministry of Finance.